I never win anything,” exclaimed Michael Norris when we revealed that his prize was $1,000 plus renewable energy for a year through the REpower Now Program. “But, I saw the sign and I thought I would have a go at it.”

Without Much Straining, Minnesota Reins In Its Utilities’ Carbon Emissions

08/07/2014

Today, Minnesota gets more of its power from wind than all but four other states, and the amount of coal burned at power plants has dropped by more than a third from its 2003 peak. And while electricity consumption per person has been slowly falling natio

Newly released documents show the coal delivery shortage that threatens to shutter one of Dairyland Power’s two coal-fired plants has also caused a fuel shortage at one of Minnesota’s largest electricity generators.

Washington Post - What’s good news for those concerned with climate change, and bad news for electric utilities? That’s grid parity, which is sometimes called socket parity. It exists when an alternative energy source generates electricity at a cost match